There’s no argument as to how the city of Glendora got its name – on March 23rd, 1887, the Los Angeles Times announced: “The name of the new town on the San Gabriel Valley railroad near the present site known as Alosta is to be called Glendora, in honor, we understand, of Mrs. George D. Whitcomb.” George D. Whitcomb (1834-1914), head of the Glendora Land Company, founded the city that month… and his wife’s first name was Leadora (née Bennett, 1839-1929). He took “glen”, as in “small valley”, added the second half of her name to it, and there you have it. Ironically, while Glendora Ave. was named in 1887 south of what were then town limits, it was called Michigan Ave. within Glendora itself until 1964.
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